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Our spat with Sudan made it to the international press and is leading coverage onEgypt this morning. A number of outlets and wires, including the Associated Press, are taking note of the new low in Sudanese-Egyptian relations over Sudan’s ban of Egyptian agricultural imports. Vox goes beyond the Halayeb and Shalatin dispute to focus on […]
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Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Reactions to Minya attack continue
Reactions to last Friday’s massacre in Minya continue to pour in from international news sources. The most striking of all of them is the story of Samia Morkous, who lost her husband, Mohsen; two adult sons; a teenage grandson; a four-year-old granddaughter; and two other relatives during the attack, writes Dalia Kholaif for the Wall […]
Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Other international news worth noting in brief
Other stories worth a glance this morning if you’re so inclined: The AFP’s Mona Salem looks at an NGO’s effort to obtain birth certificates for street children as a first step toward helping them access government services. The Red Sea Riviera is a unique attraction in Egypt, Sudipta Dev writes for India’s Financial Express. Dev […]
Posted inOn Deadline
Reclaiming state land is the right move, but the execution has been reckless
Reclaiming state land from squatters is the right move, but the execution has been reckless, Soliman Gouda says in a column penned for Al Masry Al Youm. Authorities have used dynamite to destroy buildings that were illegally built on state-owned land, but have damaged other buildings and agricultural areas in the process. These reckless actions […]
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Optimism outweighs concerns over SCZone - FT special report
A lack of labor appears to be among the concerns investors have on the successof the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), according to the Financial Times. In its piece exploring plans to turn the Suez Canal into an industrial hub, the salmon-colored newspaper said that apart from Port Said, the region’s biggest city, canal zone […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Russian-Egyptian relations experiencing renaissance, three problems remain
The “warm welcome” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu received in Cairo shows that “Russian-Egyptian relations have been experiencing a renaissance,” Russian political scientist Gevorg Mirzayan says in Sputnik. He says Egypt started looking towards Russia, away from the US, because Egypt wanted “a new partner, predictable, pragmatic and reliable.” However, […]
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Minister Sahar Nasr becomes member of UNDP Social Impact Fund Advisory Board
Minister Sahar Nasr becomes first female member of UNDP’s Social Impact Fund advisory board: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chose Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr to become the first female member of its Social Impact Fund’s Advisory Board, UNDP Country Director for Egypt Randa Aboul-Hosn announced.
Posted inEnergy
Siemens to connect 800 MW to national grid from Burullus by June’s end
Siemens will connect 800 MW of electricity produced at the Burullus power plant to the national grid by the end of June, sources tell Al Borsa. Connecting the additional production will bring the total output from Siemens’ operations at the Beni Suef, Burullus, and the New Administrative Capital plants connected to the national grid to […]
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El Molla meets with Total executives to discuss exploration opportunities
Oil Minister Tarek El Molla met yesterday with Total Egypt’s Managing Director Jean-Pascale Clémençon and the Vice President of Total’s Middle East and North Africa division Elias Kassis to discuss the company’s oil and gas exploration projects in the Mediterranean and the Delta area, Al Ahram reports. Kassis told El Molla that the company is […]
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BP signs GBP 1.4 mn contract with Add Energy for work in West Nile Delta
Norway-based Add Energy announced signing a GBP 1.4 mn contract with BP for work on its West Nile Delta concession. The contract sees Add Energy carrying out “the development of a full asset maintenance build and will include the delivery of an asset register and functional hierarchy build, equipment criticality assignment, development of maintenance strategies […]